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http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-first-at-bat-hit-2015-3Alex Rodriguez got a base hit in his first at bat in nearly 18 monthshttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-first-at-bat-hit-2015-3
Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:48:00 -0500Cork Gaines
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<p>Alex Rodriguez returned to action after his year-long suspension for violating Major League Baseball's performance-enhancing drug policy and got a base hit in his first at bat.</p>
<p>A-Rod is serving as the designated hitter and is batting second for the Yankees in their second Spring Training game. In the first inning, A-Rod had his first at bat in a Yankees uniform since September, 2013.</p>
<p>When he walked to the plate, he was greeted by a mixed reaction from the Yankees fans that had more cheers than boos. He quickly fell behind with strikes on the first two pitches. But then he laced a single to left field.</p>
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<p>When Rodriguez reached first base, he had a big grin on his face.</p>
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<p>A-Rod is back.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-first-at-bat-hit-2015-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-surprise-football-2015-1">Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wig and glasses, surprised a young fan on the streets of Madrid</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2One phone call convinced Alex Rodriguez to stop fighting MLB and apologizehttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2
Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:57:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54ecaadceab8ea352253db60-620-/alex-rodriguez-and-his-daughters.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez and his daughters" width="620"></p><p>Alex Rodriguez is back on the baseball field for the first time in two years and he returns as a more humbled person thanks to one phone call he made in January, 2014 in the midst of his war with the Yankees and MLB.</p>
<p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12321274/alex-rodriguez-return-new-york-yankees">J. R. Moehringer has written a fascinating article on A-Rod for ESPN the Magazine</a> on how the Yankees slugger finally learned to accept responsibility for what he has done.</p>
<p>In the article, Rodriguez comes off as human for once, a flawed human to be sure, but no longer the perfectly scripted robot that A-Rod always seemed to think fans wanted to see. And it all started when he left his inner-circle and reached out to a 73-year-old criminal defense attorney in Washington D.C. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/national/05sharp.html">who once represented President George W. Bush</a>.</p>
<p>On January 11, 2014, Rodriguez was suspended for the entire 2014 season. Later that day, A-Rod vowed to "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/arod-baseball-ban-2014-1">take this fight to federal court.</a>"</p>
<p>But the next day, according to Moehringer, Rodriguez started to doubt the fight ("the fight has begun to feel doomed, futile -- wrong. He is, after all, at fault") and he reached out to attorney Jim Sharp, a former member of the Navy JAG Corps.</p>
<p><strong>Sharp was brutally honest with Rodriguez telling him "you're ruining your life."</strong></p>
<p>According to Moehringer this is when it hit A-Rod that something needed to change.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"That jolts him. That sinks in. That's the thing that makes Rodriguez stop and take stock ... Now, he sits. Through the pain (following hip surgery), through the fatigue, he sees with new, dazzling clarity that Sharp is right. It's over. He calls off his dogs, tells his inner circle to issue a statement that he's dropping all litigation, accepting his suspension, effective immediately."</p>
<p>At this point, A-Rod's inner circle urged him to fight on. Instead, A-Rod formed a new circle consisting of what Moehringer describes as "levelheaded Midwesterners, peacemakers -- and deal makers."</p>
<p>A-Rod's next move was to make a list of names that included friends, owners, and players. Rodriguez called each one on the list and apologized for all the drama he had caused.</p>
<p>Rodriguez then made a list of people who deserved an even deeper apology with a more complete explanation, one that "will be a thousand times more difficult to deliver" according to Moehringer. The only name on that list was A-Rod's 9-year-old daughter, Natasha.</p>
<p>It is unclear if people will forgive Rodriguez for using performance-enhancing drugs and lying about it for so long. But it sounds like Rodriguez has at least come to the realization that the previous path he was on was doomed and this new path at least has some semblance of hope and he can thank Sharp for the brutal honesty A-Rod needed to hear.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-surprise-football-2015-1">Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wig and glasses, surprised a young fan on the streets of Madrid</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2One phone call convinced Alex Rodriguez to stop fighting MLB and apologizehttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2
Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:24:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54ecaadceab8ea352253db60-620-/alex-rodriguez-and-his-daughters.jpg" alt="Alex Rodriguez and his daughters" border="0" width="620"></p><p>Alex Rodriguez is back on the baseball field for the first time in two years and he returns as a more humbled person thanks to one phone call he made in January, 2014 in the midst of his war with the Yankees and MLB.</p>
<p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12321274/alex-rodriguez-return-new-york-yankees">J. R. Moehringer has written a fascinating article on A-Rod for ESPN the Magazine</a> on how the Yankees slugger finally learned to accept responsibility for what he has done.</p>
<p>In the article, Rodriguez comes off as human for once, a flawed human to be sure, but no longer the perfectly scripted robot that A-Rod always seemed to think fans wanted to see. And it all started when he left his inner-circle and reached out to a 73-year-old criminal defense attorney in Washington D.C. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/national/05sharp.html">who once represented President George W. Bush</a>.</p>
<p>On January 11, 2014, Rodriguez was suspended for the entire 2014 season. Later that day, A-Rod vowed to "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/arod-baseball-ban-2014-1">take this fight to federal court.</a>"</p>
<p>But the next day, according to Moehringer, Rodriguez started to doubt the fight ("the fight has begun to feel doomed, futile -- wrong. He is, after all, at fault") and he reached out to attorney Jim Sharp, a former member of the Navy JAG Corps.</p>
<p><strong>Sharp was brutally honest with Rodriguez telling him "you're ruining your life."</strong></p>
<p>According to Moehringer this is when it hit A-Rod that something needed to change.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"That jolts him. That sinks in. That's the thing that makes Rodriguez stop and take stock ... Now, he sits. Through the pain (following hip surgery), through the fatigue, he sees with new, dazzling clarity that Sharp is right. It's over. He calls off his dogs, tells his inner circle to issue a statement that he's dropping all litigation, accepting his suspension, effective immediately."</p>
<p>At this point, A-Rod's inner circle urged him to fight on. Instead, A-Rod formed a new circle consisting of what Moehringer describes as "levelheaded Midwesterners, peacemakers -- and deal makers."</p>
<p>A-Rod's next move was to make a list of names that included friends, owners, and players. Rodriguez called each one on the list and apologized for all the drama he had caused.</p>
<p>Rodriguez then made a list of people who deserved an even deeper apology with a more complete explanation, one that "will be a thousand times more difficult to deliver" according to Moehringer. The only name on that list was A-Rod's 9-year-old daughter, Natasha.</p>
<p>It is unclear if people will forgive Rodriguez for using performance-enhancing drugs and lying about it for so long. But it sounds like Rodriguez has at least come to the realization that the previous path he was on was doomed and this new path at least has some semblance of hope and he can thank Sharp for the brutal honesty A-Rod needed to hear.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-mlb-apology-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-surprise-football-2015-1">Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wig and glasses, surprised a young fan on the streets of Madrid</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-yankees-2015-2Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees have a bigger problem than apologies and forgivenesshttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-yankees-2015-2
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:45:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p>Despite missing the entire 2014 season while suspended for violating Major League Baseball's performance-enhancing drug policy, Alex Rodriguez has made $356.3 million and still has three years and $61 million left on his contract.</p>
<p>But while <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/post/preview?post_id=54e4c7366da811cb39bfaec4&amp;mode=desktop">A-Rod has issued an apology to the team and the fans and just wants "to play some ball,</a>" it is the latter part that is a bigger problem right now for both the 3-time MVP and the Yankees. To put it simply, even when Rodriguez has played in recent years, he just wasn't very good.</p>
<p>When the Yankees gave Rodriguez a 10-year $275 million contract following the 2007 season, it was well-accepted that they would probably be overpaying for his production by the end of the new deal. But the Yankees probably also assumed they would at least still have a serviceable player that was breaking hallowed records and serving as a hero to fans.</p>
<p>Instead, the Yankees have a player who has only played 185 games since turning 35 in 2011, and who hasn't shown any decent power since 2010. To make matters worse, A-Rod will turn 40 in July and there is no reason to think he can turn it around.</p>
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Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:44:00 -0500Curt Anderson
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54e3a53869beddaf22c66d1a-600-/anthony-bosch-steroids-biogenesis.jpg" border="0" alt="Anthony Bosch Steroids Biogenesis" width="600"></p><p>MIAMI (AP) — The former owner of a Florida medical clinic who posed as a doctor and illegally supplied steroid injections and other performance-enhancing drugs to professional baseball players and even high school athletes was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison.</p>
<p>Anthony Bosch — who choked back tears in court and said the clinic was a legitimate business gone awry — sought a more lenient term because of his cooperation in the investigation, but U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles refused.</p>
<p>"This defendant was the most culpable in this conspiracy," the judge said.</p>
<p>Prosecutors said Bosch could still get his sentence reduced through further cooperation, including potential trial testimony.</p>
<p>Gayles said Bosch falsely held himself out as a licensed medical doctor at his Biogenesis of America clinic, where he accepted thousands of dollars a month to provide steroid injections to players such as New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers. Most troubling, Gayles said, was Bosch's injections of high school players in the Miami area.</p>
<p>"He was the mastermind," Gayles said. "He was the one who recruited others to assist him."</p>
<p>Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer issued a statement saying the message of the case is that "cheating doesn't pay and individuals like Bosch, who distribute performance enhancing drugs to athletes and, more importantly, to our children, will be held accountable for their actions."</p>
<p>Bosch, 51, pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to distribute testosterone, the sixth person charged in the Biogenesis case to do so. Bosch and Rodriguez are expected to testify if the last two defendants — Rodriguez cousin Yuri Sucart and ex-University of Miami pitching coach Lazaro Collazo — go to trial as scheduled in early April.</p>
<p>MLB imposed a record season-long suspension last year on Rodriguez, one of 14 players penalized in the scandal. The Yankees say Rodriguez, 39, is no longer their third baseman and will have a chance to earn at-bats as a designated hitter.</p>
<p>MLB spokesman Pat Courtney declined to comment.</p>
<p>A few hours after Bosch's sentencing, Rodriguez issued a vague handwritten apology to fans saying he wants to "put this chapter behind me and play some ball."</p>
<p>Bosch, who has been undergoing treatment for cocaine addiction since his guilty plea, was joined by more than two dozen friends and family members at his sentencing hearing.</p>
<p>"I'm ashamed of myself. I'm remorseful," Bosch said. "I can't put into words how sorry I am."</p>
<p>But Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said that rather than help people with medical problems, Bosch's main goal was to rake in money by illegally making the athletes "bigger, stronger and faster ballplayers." Bosch liked to call himself "Dr. T," according to court records.</p>
<p>"He was not a legitimate doctor. He wasn't treating an illness. He wasn't treating a disease," Sullivan said.</p>
<p>Bosch lawyer Guy Lewis, a former U.S. attorney in Miami, said that without his cooperation, MLB would not have had sufficient evidence to sustain Rodriguez's suspension. Lewis said Bosch has met dozens of times with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and helped prosecutors pore over thousands of pages of documents.</p>
<p>That cooperation, Lewis added, came despite threats from unnamed people warning Bosch to keep his mouth shut, forcing him to hire security services and move to several different locations. Bosch was also offered $150,000 to flee to Colombia and "lay low," but he did not, Lewis said.</p>
<p>"Mr. Bosch has cooperated thoroughly and extensively," Lewis said. "He was truthful. He was reliable."</p>
<p>But Gayles refused Lewis' request that Bosch receive a lighter sentence of just under three years.</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this story.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fake-doctor-who-ran-a-steroid-clinic-for-baseball-stars-was-just-sentenced-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-headphones-tricks-2015-2">14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-hand-written-apology-2015-2Alex Rodriguez issues a bizarre hand-written apology for 'mistakes' that led to his suspensionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-hand-written-apology-2015-2
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:40:00 -0500Cork Gaines
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<p>Alex Rodriguez turned down the New York Yankees' offer of using Yankee Stadium as a venue to issue an apology and has instead issued a hand-written apology "to the fans."</p>
<p>In the letter, written in cursive no less, A-Rod takes "full responsibility for the mistakes" that led to his suspension but falls short of actually admitting to steroid use. Rodriguez does apologize directly to "Major League Baseball, the Yankees, the Steinbrenner family, the Players Association and you, the fans."</p>
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<p>Rodriguez goes on to say that he wants to put the matter behind and just play baseball, noting that he will do "everything I can to be the best player and teammate possible, earn a spot on the Yankees and help us win."</p>
<p>Here is the full text of the letter (<a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/109501412/alex-rodriguezs-letter-of-apology-to-fans">via Major League Baseball</a>):</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">To the Fans,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season. I regret that my actions made the situation worse than it needed to be. To Major League Baseball, the Yankees, the Steinbrenner family, the Players Association and you, the fans, I can only say I'm sorry.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I accept the fact that many of you will not believe my apology or anything that I say at this point. I understand why and that's on me. It was gracious of the Yankees to offer me the use of Yankee Stadium for this apology, but I decided that next time I am in Yankee Stadium, I should be in pinstripes doing my job.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I served the longest suspension in the history of the league for PED use. The Commissioner has said the matter is over. The Players Association has said the same. The Yankees have said the next step is to play baseball.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I'm ready to put this chapter behind me and play some ball.<br>This game has been my single biggest passion since I was a teenager. When I go to Spring Training, I will do everything I can to be the best player and teammate possible, earn a spot on the Yankees and help us win.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sincerely,<br>Alex</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-hand-written-apology-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-surprise-football-2015-1">Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wig and glasses, surprised a young fan on the streets of Madrid</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-rangers-alex-rodriguez-arod-contract-2015-2The Texas Rangers are all over the list of the worst contracts in baseballhttp://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-rangers-alex-rodriguez-arod-contract-2015-2
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:23:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54d9064eeab8ea7238631f5f-620-/prince-fielder-17.jpg" border="0" alt="Prince Fielder" width="620"></p><p>It is no secret that Alex Rodriguez' contract with the New York Yankees is horrible. It's ranked as the&nbsp;<a href="http://grantland.com/features/worst-mlb-contracts-2015-alex-rodriguez-ryan-howard-prince-fielder/">worst contract in Major League Baseball by Jonah Keri of Grantland</a>.</p>
<p>The Yankees still owe A-Rod $61 million over the next three seasons, including $21 million this year.</p>
<p>That's $61 million for a player who will turn 40 in July, who missed the entire 2014 season while suspended, who has only played 44 games since the start of the 2012 season and 185 games since turning 35 in 2011, and who hasn't hit more than 18 home runs in a season since 2010.</p>
<p>On top of that, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-home-run-milestone-bonus-2015-1">Yankees and Rodriguez are about to go to war over a $6 million bonus</a> he will soon be owed that is not even part of his regular contract.</p>
<p>That's bad. But the Yankees aren't alone in having a horrible contract for a player in this age of skyrocketing television broadcasting revenue. In fact, the Rangers actually have a worse situation with a trio of bad contracts in which the players are still owed a total of $301 million.</p>
<p>In all, Keri lists 21 players with horrible contracts. Here are his top five including A-Rod and three players from the Rangers:</p>
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<li><strong>Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees</strong> (3 years, $61 million of original 10-year, $275 million contract)</li>
<li><strong>Matt Harrison, Texas Rangers</strong> (3 years, $41 million of original 5-year, $55 million contract)&nbsp;— After going 18-11 with a 3.29 ERA in 2012, the Rangers locked up Harrison to a long-term contract. In the two seasons since, he has started six games and may never pitch in the big leagues again following spinal surgery.</li>
<li><strong>B.J. Upton, Atlanta Braves</strong> (3 years, $46.4 million of original 5-year, $75.3 million contract)&nbsp;<span>— In 2 seasons with the Braves since signing the huge free agent contract, Upton has hit .198 and averaged 10 home runs and 162 strikeouts per year.</span></li>
<li><span><strong>Shin-Soo Choo, Texas Rangers</strong> (6 years, $116 million of original 7-year, $130 million contract)&nbsp;<span>— Choo averaged 17 home runs, 17 stolen bases, and a .392 on-base percentage (OBP) from 2008 through 2013. But during an injury-plagued 2014 season his OBP was just .340, he hit 13 home runs, and he stole just three bases. Now he is about to turn 33 and still has six years left on a huge contract.</span><br></span></li>
<li><span><strong>Prince Fielder, Texas Rangers</strong> (6 years, $144 million of original 9-year, $144 million contract with the Detroit Tigers paying $30 million of the remaining balance)&nbsp;— Fielder hit just 25 home runs in 2013, the lowest total of his career, and that was before a back injury wiped out most of his 2014 season. Fielder will be 31 this season and typically sluggers don't age well if they are not using performance-enhancing drugs.<br></span></li>
</ol><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-rangers-alex-rodriguez-arod-contract-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-surprise-football-2015-1">Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a wig and glasses, surprised a young fan on the streets of Madrid</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/skinny-alex-rodriguez-is-skinny-2015-1Alex Rodriguez Looks 'Noticeably Thinner And Massless'http://www.businessinsider.com/skinny-alex-rodriguez-is-skinny-2015-1
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:58:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54c7a7cb69bedd084087fe27-620-/alex-rodriguez-54.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez" width="620"></p><p>Just when you thought things couldn't get any uglier between the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez, they did.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-reject-a-rod-mea-culpa-meeting-request-article-1.2090690">According to the New York Daily News</a>, the Yankees rejected a proposal by A-Rod to meet face-to-face so he could apologize for the Biogenesis scandal. On top of that, it sounds like the Yankees are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-home-run-milestone-bonus-2015-1">going to fight a $6 million marketing bonus</a> he will be due as soon as he hits six more home runs.</p>
<p>But there is more.</p>
<p>In that same report, a source for the Daily News described Rodriguez as "now looking noticeably thinner and 'massless' than in previous years."</p>
<p>Here are two recent photos of A-Rod, one from September (left) and one from earlier this month at an event in Miami (right).</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54c7a5b16bb3f7ef1616e937-1200-858/01-718.png" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez"></p>
<p>Of course, it will be difficult to see the difference until we see him in a Yankees uniform at training camp. However, here is what A-Rod looked like when last played in 2013.</p>
<p> <img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54c7a9b5ecad04b30f365360-1200-600/alex-rodriguez-56.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez"></p>
<p>But maybe more important to the Yankees, here is what Rodriguez looked like before signing a 10-year, $275 million contract with the team, compared to what he looks like now.</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54c7a7506da8113138a703df-1200-546/02-127.png" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez"></p>
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Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:22:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5369233f69bedd4021fa86ab-620-/alex-rodriguez-43.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez" width="620"></p><p>The New York Yankees still owe Alex Rodriguez $61 million over the next three seasons including a $21 million salary in 2015. But that is about to go up and the Yankees are reportedly going to fight to keep it from happening.</p>
<p>When Rodriguez signed the 10-year, $275 million contract with the Yankees following the 2007 season, the two sides also agreed to <a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/yankees/2007-11-25-arod-incentives_n.htm">a separate $30 million marketing agreement</a>. As part of the agreement, Rodriguez was to receive a $6 million bonus each time he tied one of the players ahead of him on the career home run list and another $6 million bonus when he broke the record.</p>
<p>The feeling at the time was that both sides would profit from the anticipated excitement of A-Rod's march towards the all-time home run title.</p>
<p><span>The first of those milestones is just around the corner as Rodriguez needs six more home runs to reach career home run No. 660, tying Willie Mays.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The problem for the Yankees is that there is no longer a growing anticipation for A-Rod to break the record.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> Rodriguez was banned for the entire 2014 season for using performance-enhancing drugs. In addition, on the field, his performance has declined so much that it seems nearly impossible that the 39-year-old Rodriguez will hit the 109 home runs needed to break Barry Bonds' record (762 career home runs).</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-reject-a-rod-mea-culpa-meeting-request-article-1.2090690">According to the New York Daily News</a>, the Yankees plan to argue that the milestones are "<span>are no longer valid in terms of marketing deals," suggesting they have no plans to honor the contract.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>This comes after the Yankees rejected an offer from Rodriguez to meet face-to-face and apologize for the steroids scandal and how it was handled according to the same report. The Yankees simply responded to the offer by saying "we'll see you in Spring Training" and that they will no longer afford A-Rod any special treatment.</span></p>
<p><span>In other words, a situation didn't look like it could get any uglier is going to do just that.<br></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-home-run-milestone-bonus-2015-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-owe-alex-rodriguez-2014-11The Yankees Still Owe Alex Rodriguez Up To $73 Millionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-owe-alex-rodriguez-2014-11
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:52:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/545b9afb69bedd4c38042486-600-/alex-rodriguez-48.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez" width="600"></p><p>With the 2014 season now over, Alex Rodriguez has been reinstated from his suspension, and the Yankees have to move forward with an aging player with declining skills who is still owed a ton of money.</p>
<p>Rodriguez will turn 40 next season and he is still owed at least $61 million over the next three seasons, the final years on his 10-year, $275 million contract, whether he plays or not.</p>
<p>And that number is almost certainly going to go up.</p>
<p>Rodriguez has hit 654 home runs in his career,&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">and when he reaches 660, tying Willie Mays for fourth all-time, the Yankees will owe A-Rod a $6 million marketing bonus. If he can hit 60 home runs in the next three years, that would be another $6 million bonus.</span></p>
<p>That would be $73 million over the next three years.</p>
<p>Of course, the Yankees put those bonuses in the contract assuming they would be able to cash in on A-Rod's pursuit of the all-time home run record.</p>
<p>Instead, <span>amid the specter of performance-enhancing drugs,&nbsp;</span>the Yankees aren't even selling A-Rod jerseys in their official team stores or at MLB's online shop. You can't even customize a jersey with Rodriguez' name and number.</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/545b988f69bedd8536042484-800-400/11-6-2014 9-41-49 am.png" border="0" alt="MLB Shop"></p>
<p>When the Yankees gave Rodriguez this contract, they knew it they would be overpaying for his production. The Yankees' model for many years was to outbid other teams by giving players lengthy contracts that would almost certainly be a bad deal by the end.</p>
<p>At some point, the Yankees may decide it is better to cut A-Rod and pay him what is left on the contract. But it doesn't look as if that will happen anytime soon, as Joe Girardi said <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/joe-girardi-absolutely-expects-alex-rodriguez-play-base-yankees-2015-article-1.1956862">he expected Rodriguez to be the Yankees' third baseman in 2015</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yankees-owe-alex-rodriguez-2014-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/r-yankees-rodriguez-admits-ped-use-to-feds-report-2014-11Report: Alex Rodriguez Has Finally Come Clean About Using PED'shttp://www.businessinsider.com/r-yankees-rodriguez-admits-ped-use-to-feds-report-2014-11
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:37:00 -0500
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/545a6ba05afbd311108b4569-450-300/yankees-rodriguez-admits-ped-use-to-feds-report.jpg" border="0" alt="New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez reacts during an at bat against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fifth inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, September 17, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch"></p><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in an interview with federal agents investigating a Florida anti-aging clinic at the center of baseball's doping scandal, the Miami Herald reported on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Rodriguez publicly has denied the use of banned substances from the Miami-area Biogenesis clinic, even as he concluded last week a one-year suspension by Major League Baseball for violating the league's doping program.</p>
<p>But speaking to federal authorities in January, Rodriguez admitted to buying and using hormone-filled syringes and creams from the clinic, the Herald reported, citing a 15-page summary of the meeting.</p>
<p>The Herald gained access to the documents as prosecutors pursue criminal charges against the clinic's owner and six others tied to one of sport's biggest doping scandals, including Rodriguez's cousin, Yuri Sucart.</p>
<p>In the meeting, Rodriguez admitted to paying for and using banned substances, the Herald reported.</p>
<p>Rodriguez injected human growth hormone into his stomach, according to the report reviewed by the newspaper, and described to federal authorities how the owner of the now-defunct clinic gave him tips on evading Major League Baseball's doping tests.</p>
<p>Ron Berkowitz, Rodriguez's agent, could not immediately be reached for comment. MLB had no comment on the article.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the Miami field office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said she did not know what report the Herald cited, and declined further comment in the case. Federal prosecutors also declined to comment.</p>
<p>Anthony Bosch, who owned the clinic where prosecutors allege professional athletes paid as much as $12,000 per month for testosterone-filled syringes and creams, pled guilty last month to a felony charge of conspiracy to distribute testosterone.</p>
<p>Rodriguez, 39, who was recently reinstated to the Yankees roster, was only 18 years old when he made his major league debut with the Seattle Mariners in 1994. He established himself as one of baseball's top sluggers, driving in more than 100 runs in 14 seasons and hitting more than 30 home runs 14 times. He was the American League's most valuable player in 2003, 2005 and 2007.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-yankees-rodriguez-admits-ped-use-to-feds-report-2014-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-bosh-charged-with-distributing-peds-2014-8Clinic Owner Who Helped MLB Bring Down Alex Rodriguez Charged With Distributing PEDshttp://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-bosh-charged-with-distributing-peds-2014-8
Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:44:00 -0400
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53e0dea46da8114b2051b1c6-480-/anthony-bosch.jpg" border="0" alt="anthony bosch" width="480" /></p><p>MIAMI (AP) &mdash; Federal authorities are charging the owner of a defunct Florida clinic accused of providing steroids and other banned substances to Major League Baseball players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.</p>
<p>According to Miami federal court records Tuesday, Anthony Bosch faced one count of conspiracy to distribute testosterone.</p>
<p>Court documents say that from October 2008 through December 2012, Bosch willfully conspired to distribute the anabolic steroid testosterone.</p>
<p>Fourteen players associated with the Coral Gables clinic were disciplined last year by MLB, including a season-long 2014 suspension imposed on Rodriguez.</p>
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Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:51:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53da5c4e6da811da5ee15124-1200-667/rtrmn3w.jpg" border="0" alt="Lance Armstrong" /></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">At some point this summer Major League Baseball quietly banned EPO, the performance-enhancing drug of choice among many Olympians and cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, and it may have been because the drug was allegedly part of Alex Rodriguez' extensive doping regimen.</span></p>
<p>This comes from Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts, authors of the book "Blood Sport," which detailed the doping case against Rodriguez and the Biogenesis Clinic. This latest information (<a href="https://medium.com/matter/the-untold-and-insanely-weird-story-of-a-rods-doping-habits-e888f08e012a">published at Medium.com</a>) was revealed to the authors after the book was published and comes from Tony Bosch's testimony for Major League Baseball during the case against Rodriguez.</p>
<p>According to the authors, Bosch suggested during his testimony that he provided Rodriguez with Epogen (the commercial name for EPO) by saying he used the "Conte Protocol" as part of the doping regimen. Victor Conte is the former head of Balco and spent four months in prison for distributing steroids to many well-known athletes and also worked with Barry Bonds.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/8710041/London-2012-Olympics-one-in-10-athletes-are-drugs-cheats-says-anti-doping-chief-executive.html">The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency</a> says the two most popular substances used by athletes who want to cheat are EPO and human growth hormone (HGH). Until now, EPO was never considered something that would give baseball players an advantage since it is a blood doping agent that increases endurance.</p>
<p>Elfrink and Garcia-Roberts claim that Bosch's testimony "sent baseball officials scrambling" and that the commissioners office worked with the players association to ban EPO this summer "as a direct result of Bosch's testimony."</p>
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53da5ac36da811d059e15124-800-533/01-445.png" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez" /><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">MLB denies this, </span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/victor-conte-denies-report-alex-rodriguez-peds-article-1.1886350">telling the New York Daily News</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> that the addition of EPO to the list of banned substances was just part of "the normal review process" that occurs every year.</span></p>
<p>Victor Conte denies that he provided A-Rod with EPO or anything else illegal.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/GGarciaRoberts">@GGarciaRoberts</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB">@mlb</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AROD">@AROD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ReadMatter">@ReadMatter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/timelfrinkmia">@timelfrinkmia</a> I never gave EPO to A-Rod. This accusation is 100% false. I'm an anti-doping advocate</p>
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<p><br />However, Bosch only testified that he and Rodriguez used the "Conte Protocol," something Conte admits is available online. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/victor-conte-denies-report-alex-rodriguez-peds-article-1.1886350">Conte told the Daily News</a> that a set of his EPO protocols was published online in 2008.</p>
<p>While much of the focus on PEDs in baseball has been on building strength and injury recovery, it is easy to forget that players play six games a week for six months and there may be some advantage to blood doping and increasing endurance.</p>
<p>A-Rod may have been taking advantage of this and now baseball is finally reacting.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-banned-epo-alex-rodriguez-2014-7#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/lawyer-david-cornell-sues-alex-rodriguez-2014-7Alex Rodriguez Is Getting Sued By His Own Lawyerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/lawyer-david-cornell-sues-alex-rodriguez-2014-7
Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:46:00 -0400Allan Smith
<p style="float:right;"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5273c0cd6bb3f77223c39d5b-1200-800/rtr3flxu.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez" /></p><p></p>
<p>The never-ending saga involving <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bosch-says-he-injected-peds-into-alex-rodriguez-for-12000-a-month-2014-1">suspended Yankees player Alex Rodriguez</a>&nbsp;opened a new chapter Monday, after his own lawyer, David Cornwell, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against the former MVP known as A-Rod.</p>
<p>The suit claims Rodriguez owes more than $380,000 to Cornwell for his work related to A-Rod's steroid suspension from Major League Baseball, <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0715/Alex-Rodriguez-sued-by-his-lawyer-over-legal-fees">according to the Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>Cornwell's firm is also seeking pre-judgment interest and attorney fees, which could increase the amount Rodriguez could potentially owe to $500,000, as reported by <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/alex-rodriguez-sued-lawyer-380k-unpaid-legal-article-1.1866604">the Daily News</a>.</p>
<p>Rodriguez <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/sports/baseball/arbitrators-ruling-banishes-the-yankees-alex-rodriguez-for-a-season.html">has been suspended for all of the 2014 season</a> by Major League Baseball after a lengthy doping investigation. The New York Yankees' third-baseman plans to return for the 2015 season, although he will turn 40 years old that July.</p>
<p>He has <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_salaries.shtml">earned more salary</a> than anyone else in Major League history, with his 20-year total reaching $356,285,104. Although he lost $22.1 million in 2014 due to his suspension, he is due <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml">$21 million in 2015</a>&nbsp;and $20 million in both 2016 and 2017.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2014-5?op=1#ixzz37ZeVUdym" >The 25 Highest-Paid Major League Baseball Players Of All Time</a></strong></p>
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Sat, 10 May 2014 11:42:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53690cb0eab8ea3644b1a0f9-480-/derek-jeter-and-alez-rodriguez.jpg" border="0" alt="Derek Jeter and Alez Rodriguez" width="480" /></p><p>Alex Rodriguez lost $22.1 million in salary as a result of his year-long suspension. But that hasn't stopped him from being the highest-paid player in Major League history.</p>
<p>Thanks to a pair of contracts worth more than $250 million, Rodriguez has made more than $350 million in his career.</p>
<p>But A-Rod is not alone.</p>
<p>Let's take a look at the 25 players who have made at least $144 million in their careers.</p><h3>25. Mike Mussina — $144,533,619</h3>
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<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 18</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $19.0 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 0</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 5</p>
<p><strong>Cy Young Awards</strong>: 0</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>24. Pedro Martinez — $146,259,585</h3>
<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5369197669beddf877fa86b0-400-300/24-pedro-martinez--146259585.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 18</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $17.5 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 1</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 8</p>
<p><strong>Cy Young Awards</strong>: 3</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>23. Carlos Delgado — $146,299,000</h3>
<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/536919eaeab8eaef7ab1a0fd-400-300/23-carlos-delgado--146299000.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 17</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $19.7 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 0</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 2</p>
<p><strong>MVP Awards</strong>: 0</p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2014-5#22-roy-halladay--148991666-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2014-5The 25 Highest-Paid Major League Baseball Players Of All Timehttp://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2014-5
Tue, 06 May 2014 20:07:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53690cb0eab8ea3644b1a0f9-480-/derek-jeter-and-alez-rodriguez.jpg" border="0" alt="Derek Jeter and Alez Rodriguez" width="480" /></p><p>Alex Rodriguez lost $22.1 million in salary as a result of his year-long suspension. But that hasn't stopped him from being the highest-paid player in Major League history.</p>
<p>Thanks to a pair of contracts worth more than $250 million, Rodriguez has made more than $350 million in his career.</p>
<p>But A-Rod is not alone.</p>
<p>Let's take a look at the 25 players who have made at least $144 million in their careers.</p><h3>25. Mike Mussina — $144,533,619</h3>
<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5369191deab8eae104b1a0f9-400-300/25-mike-mussina--144533619.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 18</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $19.0 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 0</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 5</p>
<p><strong>Cy Young Awards</strong>: 0</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>24. Pedro Martinez — $146,259,585</h3>
<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5369197669beddf877fa86b0-400-300/24-pedro-martinez--146259585.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 18</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $17.5 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 1</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 8</p>
<p><strong>Cy Young Awards</strong>: 3</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>23. Carlos Delgado — $146,299,000</h3>
<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/536919eaeab8eaef7ab1a0fd-400-300/23-carlos-delgado--146299000.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>Seasons</strong>: 17</p>
<p><strong>Highest single-season salary</strong>: $19.7 million</p>
<p><strong>World Series Titles</strong>: 0</p>
<p><strong>All-Star Games</strong>: 2</p>
<p><strong>MVP Awards</strong>: 0</p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2014-5#22-roy-halladay--148991666-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguezs-house-miami-photos-2014-4Alex Rodriguez Sold His Miami Beach Condo For $2.6 Millionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguezs-house-miami-photos-2014-4
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:51:54 -0400Leah Goldman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52b4b082eab8eaa769f848d5-480-/arod-house.jpg" border="0" alt="arod house" width="480" /></p><p>A little less than one year after he bought a $2.2 million condo in Miami Beach, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303626804579505702689748412?mod=residential_real_estate&amp;mg=reno64-wsj">Alex Rodriguez sold it for $2.575 million</a>, according to the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>A-Rod put the condo on the market back in December for $3.2 million.</p>
<p><span>The condo is in a luxury building with plenty of amenities and gorgeous views of the beach.</span></p>
<p>Rodriguez is suspended from MLB for the entirety of the 2014 season for alleged violations of MLB's PED policy.</p><h3>The condo features an awesome porch with views of the water</h3>
<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52b464b2ecad04b016f848d1-400-300/the-condo-features-an-awesome-porch-with-views-of-the-water.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>The view from the other side of the porch</h3>
<img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/52b464b26bb3f7507af848cd-400-300/the-view-from-the-other-side-of-the-porch.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><h3>The glorious beach</h3>
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52b464b169beddf37a966003-400-300/the-glorious-beach.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-rodriguezs-house-miami-photos-2014-4#the-condo-also-has-a-shared-pool-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/miguel-cabrera-alex-rodriguez-career-earnings-2014-3CHART: Miguel Cabrera May Now Pass Alex Rodriguez In Career Earningshttp://www.businessinsider.com/miguel-cabrera-alex-rodriguez-career-earnings-2014-3
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:16:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p>With the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/miguel-cabrera-contract-2014-3">Detroit Tigers giving Miguel Cabrera an 8-year, $248 million extension</a>, his career earnings will now rival that of Alex Rodriguez, who signed the two largest contracts in baseball history.</p>
<p>Alex Rodriguez has made $354.8 million in his career and will finish with $415.8 million if he finishes out his contract with the Yankees.</p>
<p>Cabrera has already earned $117.0 million in his career. By the time his new contract is over, he will reach $409 million. His new deal also has two option years worth another $60 million which would push his career earnings to $469 million, making him the highest-paid player in baseball history.</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5335bc92eab8eaeb3f75daa1-800-/01-212.png" border="0" alt="Miguel Cebrera and Alex Rodriguez career earnings" width="800" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/"><em>Data via BaseballProspectus.com</em></a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/miguel-cabrera-alex-rodriguez-career-earnings-2014-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/a-rod-lawsuit-against-mlbpa-2014-15 Things You Need To Know About The Lawsuit A-Rod Filed Against The MLB Players Associationhttp://www.businessinsider.com/a-rod-lawsuit-against-mlbpa-2014-1
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:28:00 -0500AP
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51ffb1d5ecad040e20000000-480-/alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-2012.jpg" border="0" alt="alex rodriguez new york yankees 2012" width="480" /></p><p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association in an effort to overturn the season-long drug suspension imposed last weekend by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. Here are five things to know about the complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan:</p>
<p>WHAT IS RODRIGUEZ CLAIMING? His lawsuit accused the Major League Baseball Players Association of "bad faith," said its representation during the hearing was "perfunctory at best" and accused it of failing to attack a civil suit filed by MLB in Florida state court as part of its Biogenesis investigation. His lawyers criticized Michael Weiner, the union head who died from a brain tumor in November, for saying last summer he recommended Rodriguez settle for a lesser penalty if MLB were to offer an acceptable length. The suit claimed Major League Baseball engaged in "ethically challenged behavior" and was the source of media leaks in violation of baseball's confidentiality rules. It said Horowitz acted "with evident partiality" and "refused to entertain evidence that was pertinent and material." And it faulted Horowitz for denying Rodriguez's request to have a different arbitrator hear the case, for not ordering baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify and for allowing Biogenesis of America founder Anthony Bosch to claim Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions during cross-examination.</p>
<p>WHAT WAS THE REACTION? Former major league All-Star Tony Clark, who took over from Weiner as the union head, issued a statement saying "it is unfortunate that Alex Rodriguez has chosen to sue the players' association. His claim is completely without merit, and we will aggressively defend ourselves and our members from these baseless charges. The players' association has vigorously defended Mr. Rodriguez's rights throughout the Biogenesis investigation, and indeed throughout his career. Mr. Rodriguez's allegation that the association has failed to fairly represent him is outrageous, and his gratuitous attacks on our former executive director, Michael Weiner, are inexcusable. When all is said and done, I am confident the players' association will prevail."</p>
<p>WHAT DID THE ARBITRATOR FIND? Horowitz, in a decision made public as part of the lawsuit, concluded Rodriguez used testosterone, human growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in violation of baseball's Joint Drug Agreement. He wrote MLB was justified in citing violations of the collective bargaining agreement because Rodriguez "played an active role in inducing Biogenesis of America founder Anthony Bosch to issue his own public denial on Jan. 29" and "attempted to induce Bosch to sign a sworn statement on May 31" saying he never supplied the player. Still, Horowitz cut the suspension from 211 games to 162 plus the 2014 postseason.</p>
<p>WHAT'S NEXT? MLB and the union will file answers, and Rodriguez's lawyers may ask for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the suspension, which starts with the Yankees' season opener on March 31. Rodriguez's lawyers may attempt to depose Selig and others, but MLB could ask U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to quash any subpoenas. It's not clear whether the legal process will take weeks or months. Supreme Court decisions have set narrow grounds for judges to vacate arbitration decisions, instances such as corruption or not following the rules agreed to by the parties.</p>
<p>WHAT IS THE JUDGE'S BACKGROUND? Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1960, Ramos is a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn from 1992-02, between stints as an associate at Simpson Thatcher &amp; Bartlett, and a partner at Day Pitney, where he was a member of the white-collar and internal investigations practice group. At the U.S. Attorney's Office, he became deputy chief of the narcotics section. In 2009, he was the court-appointed defense lawyer for Oussama Kassir, a Lebanese-born Swede convicted of 12 charges of plotting to help al-Qaida recruit and then sentenced to life in prison. Ramos served for eight years as commissioner of the New York City Commission to Combat Police Corruption following his appointment by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The judge was nominated for the bench by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in December 2011.</p>
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</div><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/a-rod-lawsuit-against-mlbpa-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/loophole-alex-rodriguez-arod-suspension-spring-training-2014-1Loophole Will Allow A-Rod To Play In Spring Training Despite Suspensionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/loophole-alex-rodriguez-arod-suspension-spring-training-2014-1
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:18:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52b48bc86bb3f7ee42f848df-480-/alex-rodriguez-and-brian-cashman.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex Rodriguez and Brian Cashman" width="480" /></p><p>In a move that will be awkward for both Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez will participate in spring training despite being suspended for the entire season <a href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10278277/alex-rodriguez-suspension-reduced-162-games">according to Wallace Matthews of <em>ESPNNewYork.com</em></a>.</p>
<p>Barring a reversal in court, A-Rod will miss the entire 2014 season for violating MLB's performance-enhancing drug policy. After an arbitrator reduced A-Rod's suspension to 162 games, a spokesperson for Rodriguez told Matthews that the 3-time MVP does plan to attend spring training next month.</p>
<p>Suspensions in MLB only apply to the regular season and there have been other instances in which a player was facing an impending suspension at the start of the season and still participated in spring training. However, in those cases, the players were eventually expected to play in the regular season.</p>
<p>According to the report, if MLB tries to bar A-Rod from spring training, his representatives will argue that a final decision on the 2014 season is still up in the air as the case goes to court and A-Rod deserves the opportunity to prepare for the season just like every other player.</p>
<p>Of course, A-Rod could show up and the Yankees could let him work out with the team and not use him in games. But if that happens, it will look more and more like the Yankees were a driving force behind the year-long suspension.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/loophole-alex-rodriguez-arod-suspension-spring-training-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p>